Westport Police rescue three fishermen from capsized canoe

Updated 6:33 pm, Saturday, September 5, 2015

WESTPORT - Police rescued three fishermen Saturday morning after their canoe capsized off of Cockenoe Island.

The Police Marine Division responded to a distress call of three people in the water east of the island at around 11:20 a.m., according to a press release.

The three men had been fishing and capsized in the choppy waters, said police. They were in the water for 15 minutes before a passing sailboat spotted them and radioed the distress call.

Marine Officers responded to the area and located the three men floating in the water away from their canoe. All three men were pulled from the water onto the police boat and found to be in good health, said police.

All were wearing life jackets at the time their boat tipped over. Their boat, an 18’ canoe, was recovered and towed to Compo Marina.